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[Kraftwerk]

Listening to Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-tang clan and goddamn what a fucking legendary album, and it was their first. Can listen to it on loop continuously.


Gimme some other examples of incredible debut albums.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[samwyse]

 

[SuperHans]

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Absolutely brilliant album from start to finish.
One of my favourites
https://youtu.be/-oRlpGyI1rg?list=RDRi7MiiHiLjM

 

[torre_avenue]

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[hughesta]

Gorillaz
Portishead
The Mars Volta


Three of the best debut albums of all time

 

[foppy79]

.

 

[liquidtmd]

I suspect Arcade Fire will never top Funeral for me

The Smiths' debut is pretty stellar

 

[UraMallas]

It's Doggystyle.

 

[CrocoDuck]

The Stone Roses

 

[Unspoken90]

College Dropout by Kanye West

Illmatic by Nas

 

[Übermatik]

 

[tim.mbp]

Madonna

 

[Draper]

Damien Rice- 'O'

 

[Art Teitlebaum]

Edith: Post #10 is correct,too.

 

[capitalCORN]

Massive Attack - Blue Lines

Jumpstarted a whole new genre.

 

[Kanhir]

King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

Asia - Asia

 

[Gunship]

 

[Auctopus]

Bloc Party's Silent Alarm

 

[Cagey]

Electronic and rap are what I listen to... but I think this is the Correct answer.

 

[Creamium]

 

[Piston Hyundai]

it's Illmatic

 

[Übermatik]

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Weezer-Weezer (The Blue Album)

 

[FuriousOne]

We're done here.

 

[Sgt. Garlic]

These are the best ever IMO (no particular order):

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Weezer (Blue Album) - Weezer
Illmatic - Nas
Funeral - Arcade Fire
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Murmur - R.E.M.
Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Marquee Moon - Television
Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow
Is This It - The Strokes

 

[Zenner]

Godsmack's self-titled album. Apparently it's got a lot of material from an earlier demo CD that was circulated, but I believe it's still their first official studio album... and it's awesome. \m/

 

[theaffection]

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

It's this or Boston

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Fiona Apple's Tidal is an absurdly good record.

Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville also jumps out to me as pretty amazing.

 

[lightskintwin]

.

 

[theWB27]

Shrines from Purity Ring was amazing.

 

[Travo]

 

[smuf]

 

[RoKKeR]

 

[tchocky]

Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Doors - (Doors)
The Velvet Underground & Nico – Velvet Underground
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols
The Stooges – Stooges
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – Pink Floyd
Tidal - Fiona Apple

 

[Bounceounce]

 

[chaislip3]

Funeral and College Dropout were already mentioned, so I'll add this:

 

[theaffection]

 

[nin1000]

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Illmatic
Reasonable doubt
Infamous
Its dark and hell is hot

 

[megatronium]

It's Doggystyle.

or Illmatic or The Chronic. But yeah, hard to argue.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[Mexen]

Europop - Eiffel 65 is too damn good to this day. My Console easily my favourite jam. Silicon Girl... Blue... Oh the nostalgia.

Edit: I'm assuming that that was their debut album. I could be wrong.

 

[Kaji AF16]

Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)

Down - NOLA (1995)

 

[Milchmann]

The Strokes - Is This It. The album shaped rock music for the next years.

 

[+Aliken+]

Not greatest but damn good start

 

[sangreal]

The Chronic

 

[MrS]

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jai paul leaked project

unreleased and therefor ineligible, cuh. as you know.

The Smiths' debut is pretty stellar

nah b. it's badly produced and it's easily their worst album. morrissey's debut is excellent though.

 

[PancakeBurglar]

So much this.